- Based on 80 Jobtrees users who were a Vice President Of Engineering in their career, on average, they have 4.31 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 4.2 years on average and earn $256K per year on average in this more senior role.
- 8% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Vice President Of Engineering are Chief Technology Officer, Senior Director Engineering and Engineering Director. Chief Technology Officer, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Chief Technology Officer isn't from the Engineering - General job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Vice President Of Engineering shown by Senior Director Engineering also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
- If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Web Developer, Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer as they commonly lead to Vice President Of Engineering as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Vice President Of Engineering are Engineering Director, Chief Technology Officer and Engineering Manager based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Engineering Director, the most common step before Vice President Of Engineering, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Engineering Director is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Vice President Of Engineering that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Vice President Of Engineering career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Vice President Of Engineering so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider engineering director or chief technology officer as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to vice president of engineering. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Engineering Director is from the same job family, Engineering - General as Vice President Of Engineering, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Chief Technology Officer also leading to Vice President Of Engineering.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Vice President Of Engineering, you should also consider Engineering Leader, Board Director and Project Manager as they commonly lead to Vice President Of Engineering as well.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Vice President Of Engineering are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Computer Science, Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Computer Science, and Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Mechanical Engineering. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Engineering Director being on the path to and from Vice President Of Engineering. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Vice President Of Engineering is part of the Engineering - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (43) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Vice President Of Engineering are Vice President, Engineering, Vp Engineering.